Chapter 301 - Xin Xin Being Unfair
"I was thinking that he wouldn't come visit again if he tasted the food……" Guan Xin explained embarrassedly.
"Ah……" Lin Yi had pretty much guessed what Guan Xin's goal was. Xuemin did talk about how great his granddaughter was quite a couple times… Lin Yi naturally understood what direction the grandpa was headed in.
He must've said something similar to Guan Xin as well, resulting in resistance from her… Yet her reaction wasn't too out of place- any girl wouldn't like the sound of a young man visiting her house to get to know her.
"You…" Xuemin was quite angry at this point- it was the first time his granddaughter had embarrassed him. "Lin Yi's still our guest- how could you have done that? Fortunately for us the two of you have met already; imagine if it had been a stranger? He'd be running out from the poisoning!"
"I'm sorry grandpa……" Guan Xin realized that she'd went overboard this time as she lowered her head even further. She just wanted to make the young man leave as soon as possible, and hadn't even put her grandfather into consideration.
"Haha, it's okay, Grandpa Guan, forgive her." Lin Yi smiled. "Actually, if I'm being honest, even I myself was a bit reluctant in visiting because of how you kept talking about your granddaughter… It's normal for Guan Xin to have similar feelings."
"Is that so? Could I really have worried too much?" Xuemin thought about it- it seemed that he'd been a bit pushy? He shook his head. "Alright, let's just have Aunt Liu prepare some quick dishes!"
"I'll go……" Guan Xin stood up embarrassedly.
It was a pity to that all that food had to go to waste, but it was no longer food anymore…
Lin Yi then started talking about medicine, and it wasn't long until Xuemin put the unpleasantry behind him, excited as he immersed himself in the conversation with Lin Yi.
He seemed to have completely forgotten about what Guan Xin had done when she returned from the kitchen, fresh plates of food in her hands. "Xin Xin, come pour grandpa some wine!"
"Okay……" Guan Xin looked at Lin Yi suspiciously- the guy sure seemed mysterious. He even knew medicine on top of his physical abilities? It was no easy feat to earn her grandfather's respect, after all.
The dishes were very normal dishes- there was a plate of onion fried egg, fried mushrooms, silky tofu, and seasoned cucumbers, accompanied with a pot of sour and spicy egg soup.
They were normal as could be, but turned out with a beautiful aroma as a result of Guan Xin's skill.
"Here, try it this time……" Guan Xin said to Lin Yi a little embarrassedly as she poured wine for her grandpa.
Lin Yi nodded and tried a piece of fried mushroom- an audible 'eh' came out from his lips. She's actually at my level??
"How is it?" Guan Xin didn't know the implications of that 'eh', worried as she looked at Lin Yi. She'd poured all of her strength into these dishes.
"I didn't think that regular home-cooked food like this could taste this good!" Lin Yi's praise reminded him of the praise his old man would give back home……
"Then… have as much as you want!" Guan Xin smiled, delighted. "Try the other dishes, too……"
"Okay." Lin Yi nodded continuously as he sampled the other dishes. "Now I know what you were talking about, Grandpa Guan- she really is an amazing cook."
"That's right!" Xuemin nodded. "How about it? You'll have to pay us visits if you want more."
"Of course." Lin Yi nodded crisply.
Xuemin tasted the food as well, but a frown appeared on his face. "This is unfair, Xin Xin! You've never made me food this good before? So Lin Yi gets special treatment? You've upgraded the food from poison to gourmet that even grandpa hasn't tried..?"
"Grandpa….." Guan Xin was getting embarrassed.
"Haha, Yi, looks like I'll have to rely on you to taste this kind of cooking next time!" Xuemin laughed.
"I'll make sure to come often……" Lin Yi nodded. He actually had another purpose in mind, other than accepting Xuemin's invitation- he wanted to discuss business plans with him. He'd have to come by pretty often if that turned out well.
Guan Xin was both happy and confused at that- she looked at Lin Yi, a little embarrassed as she realized what frequent visits meant. It seemed that she'd have a chance..? They'd most definitely get closer if Lin Yi visited often, but was that really okay..?
Guan Xin moved the plates and silverware back into the kitchen as Lin Yi went upstairs into the study with Xuemin.
Lin Yi put on a serious look after shutting the door. "Grandpa Guan, I actually have a really important thing to discuss with you today."
"Oh? What is it?" Xuemin wasn't expecting that- he was actually thinking of discussing Liu Zhenhu's illness with LIn Yi.
Xuemin was the only one who could contain his heart problems, yet even he couldn't procure a cure.
But Lin Yi had come with something in mind- it was only natural that they talk about that first.
"Grandpa Guan, I'm actually thinking of starting a medicine company and sell Eastern medicine." Lin Yi got straight to the point. "I want to borrow the name of Miracle Doctor Guan, Grandpa Guan."
"Oh? Medicine company?" Xuemin wasn't expecting this, but didn't really mind Lin Yi looking to use his title. "There isn't a shortage of medicine companies in the country- business wouldn't be too successful even with my name without any special medicine…"
"Miracle Doctor Kang managed to make a top-tier medicine company with just his Golden Creation medicine- why can't we?" Lin Yi smiled casually. "He has his Golden Creation, but we can have Youth Regainment, Blood Unclotation… You name it. There's plenty of medicine in Wuxia novels, we can just reference those for names."
"Oh?" Xuemin paused. "You have the recipe for Golden Creation?"
"I haven't seen what Golden Creation actually is yet, but I have a similar recipe not inferior to his." Lin Yi said.
Chapter 302 - Starting Funds
Xuemin looked at Lin Yi, stunned. The Golden Creation recipe had always been a secret in the industry, a secret no one knew. Many medicine companies tried hiring Eastern doctors to look into the medicine, but nothing noteworthy came out of it.
And Lin Yi was telling him that he had a similar recipe? Xuemin remembered the prescription he'd given Huaijun- he didn't doubt Lin Yi in the slightest!
Lin Yi claiming that he had such a recipe had to be true- it would most certainly be on the same level as the Golden Creation recipe, too, if it was Lin Yi saying that.
"If that's true, then we've plenty of game to contend with Miracle Doctor Kang with the painkiller recipe we now have in addition to the recipe you mentioned." Xuemin nodded. He was intrigued in Lin Yi's recipe, but wasn't too interested in business.
"Grandpa Guan, I'm thinking of building a medicine company by using my recipe and your name. Are you interested? I'll use the recipes for my shares." Lin Yi announced.
He'd interacted with Xuemin multiple times, and knew him pretty well. Xuemin wasn't one to put importance on fame- he hadn't much desire, but he did focus heavily on recipes. Lin Yi didn't think that he'd want to take the recipes for himself, but rather look into the properties and nature of them.
"I can let you use my name for free……" Xuemin waved his hand. "I don't lack anything; why would I want so much money for? But do you understand the cost for a medicine company? Especially with recipes like these- we'd need to prevent other factories from manufacturing them, and keep them firmly to ourselves! Put that in with all the other costs, and we'd need at least a hundred million!"
"A hundred million?" Lin Yi didn't have any experience doing business, and wasn't expecting the number. "That's quite a lot. Do you have the money, Grandpa Guan? I can hold a smaller share."
A hundred million wasn't much to the old Lin Yi- Old Lin always lied about how his missions were worth a few hundred kuai, but Lin Yi himself understood. He had had plenty of missions worth over a hundred million, but never argued with his stingy old man over it. The guy did raise him, after all, and he had no reason to put that emphasis on money with him.
But now that he actually had a use for money, Lin Yi realized that you couldn't do anything without it.
"Haha… I only have enough money for my daily spendings- I donate most of my earnings to medical establishments." Xuemin smiled. "As you know, there really isn't any output for me to spend money on, considering my status at the school. I basically have all my daily spendings covered by them."
Lin Yi found himself in a difficult position- it seemed that he really did look at things too simply, assuming that it'd be fine if he had the recipes. The thought of starting funds hadn't even crossed his mind until now.
He could discuss this with Chu Pengzhan, a prime investor candidate… He was sure that Pengzhan would be interested in this new industry.
Yet the guy hadn't even fixed the inside problems at his company yet- Lin Yi didn't want to hand his recipes over to a company with no guarantee.
It wasn't that he didn't trust Pengzhan- the problem was that it might not even be Pengzhan's company in the future if things went wrong, Even if he continued to hold ownership, there were still the bastard shareholders to worry about; the lot even went as far as assassinating Mengyao. Stealing recipes would look quite benevolent in comparison.
"My eldest son does have that kind of money, but I won't use it." Xuemin continued after seeing Lin Yi's silence. "He's a greedy man- he can't be involved in this!"
"Oh?" Lin Yi wasn't expecting this from Xuemin- people usually left the good things to their children, yet Xuemin cut off any possibility of his son's involvement right from the get-go.
"Haha, he has enough money on his hands already, I don't want to make him fall any further." Xuemin chuckled. "My youngest son, Xin Xin's father, also has his own business- but it isn't too big. I reckon that it's only worth two or three hundred million- they wouldn't be able to fund us even if they wanted to. That's why I don't want either of them to get involved. It'd be fine if I'm still around, but after I'm gone……"
Xuemin didn't continue- he believed that Lin Yi would understand what he was trying to get at.
And Lin Yi did. Although, it still came as a surprise- he knew that Xuemin wasn't one to care about fame, that Xuemin was a just man… Yet he didn't expect this sort of thoroughness from the old man. He'd excluded his two family members right after Lin Yi had proposed the business partnership!
"Grandpa Guan… It's fine to give them some shares." Lin Yi said, feeling a little bad.
"No need." Xuemin shook his head. "Even I don't want the shares!"
"Ah?" Lin Yi paused. "We can't do that! How would I borrow your name then?"
"You little… Let me finish!" Xuemin was a bit speechless, a smile on his face. "I wasn't done!"
"Ah… okay. Please continue, Grandpa Guan." Lin Yi was pretty close with the old man at this point.
The two had long gotten into a deep bond ever since their last discussion.
"Xin Xin is my dearest granddaughter- if possible, I'd like you to give her a small portion of the shares." Xuemin said. "Not too much- just enough for her to live her life without worry."
"Naturally. No problem." Lin Yi said without hesitation.
"Don't say yes too quickly- you still have to find a way to fund the company!" Xuemin said with a wave of his hand, his tone solemn. "My name should make things easier for you- you'd be able to gather a lot of investments, but it's best if you don't let other people participate in this company!"
"People envy the profits the Kang family enjoys- but there's nothing they could do about it, because outsiders aren't allowed to get involved. They follow a familial structure when managing the company." Xuemin continued. "As long as old Master Kang lives, nothing would go wrong. Your company, on the other hand, is different. I can't guarantee that they'd respect my name more than the profits in front of their eyes if you involve outsiders."
"I understand, Grandpa Guan. I'll figure something out for the funding." Lin Yi nodded.
Xuemin left it at that. A hundred million seemed like a ridiculous fortune to a normal person, but Xuemin understood that Lin Yi was no normal person.
They guy was teammates with Yang Huaijun, a man with outstandingly mysterious medical abilities. He was by no means a normal person.
"Ah, right, something to discuss with you- I have a patient's condition I'd like you to have a look at. See if you have any solutions to cure him?" Xuemin pulled out a medical record as he spoke.